HISD extends its food distrbutions for the week! walk-ups and pickups.

Houston Independent School District has announced that they will extend its food distribution services for this week. Fondren Middle School was one of the five distribution sites opened Monday. Staff with nutrition services said they are trying to accommodate people with and without vehicles during its curbside services, All while practicing social distancing.

#HISD partnering with Houston food bank to distribute to those in need over this past weekend. via twitter @HoustonISD

Nutrition Services Officer Betti Wiggins said by noon the staff was requesting 250 more bags of food to distribute in order to meet the demands at the location. “We started out at 500, which is usual, but the need is so great that I’m trying to get more,” Wiggins said. “I’ll get it. We’ll get it but I don’t know if that’s going to be enough to satisfy people in line.”

“Food insecurity is real here in Houston. It’s very real,” Wiggins said. “Really these are the people in greatest need. You see them coming with strollers and so we have to accommodate walk-ups.”

One of those walk-ups was Sara Gonzales with her five year old daughter, On Monday, she said she waited in line for almost 15 minutes to get the canned goods distributed by HISD and it will help her family get through the week.

“I don’t have a job so it’s kind of hard for me,” Gonzales said. “One day at a time. A lot of us are struggling.”

Dates and locations of HISD distribution sites for the remainder of this week: